According to wikipedia, World Oceans Day was officially declared by the United Nations as June 8th each year beginning in 2009. Canada proposed this concept on June 8, 1992 during the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and until now, it had been unofficially celebrated every year since then as World Ocean Day. This year’s theme is: “Our Oceans, Our Responsibility”.
To do their part, Winthrop’s Harbormasters and DPW got together to clean up Winthrop waters. They brought in: old abandoned, derelick floats, pilings and boats that had been accumulating in Winthrop waters for many years along the seawalls of many homes, on the beaches and marinas. All items had floated in or broken over the years from storms.
DPW guys – Aaron Armitstead, Rob Ford, Steve Calla (head chief – operations manager), Jack Powell, Bobby Hodgkins and Jake Vasel.
Harbormasters – Chuck Famolare, John Crosby, Joe Montaldo, Tiger
The launch ramp was extremely busy as boaters took full advantage of the perfect weather.
Tags: DPW, Winthrop Harbor, Winthrop Harbormaster
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